title: Efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty in phakic and pseudophakic eyes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) in phakic and pseudophakic eyes in open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.
  
  
  METHODS
  Charts of 28 pseudophakic eyes and 60 phakic eyes that underwent 360-degree SLT were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were examined at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Treatment success was defined as ≥20% intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction, with no additional medications, laser, or glaucoma surgery. Mean IOP change, mean percentage of IOP reduction, and success rates for phakic and pseudophakic eyes were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean percentage of IOP reduction post-SLT at 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month visits were 21.4%, 25.8%, 24.8%, and 23.7%, respectively, in the pseudophakic group and 22.8%, 25.0%, 25.7%, and 21.2%, respectively, in the phakic group. Success rates ranged between 60% and 64% in the pseudophakic group and between 58% and 73% in the phakic group. No statistically significant differences in IOP change, percentage of IOP reduction, and success rate were seen between the groups at any of the post-SLT visits (P>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Application of 360-degree SLT seems to be an efficient and safe treatment option for the management of phakic and pseudophakic open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Göktuğ
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seymenoğlu
authors.forename: Esin F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Baser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome